Apparel-corset



0, KOPS I APPAREL CORSET. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 17

Patented Dec. 6, 1921.

UNlTED starts DANIEL KUIPEJ, OF NEW' YORK, N. Y.

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Application filed February 17, 1921.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, DANIEL lions, a citizen of the United citates, residing in the borough of llllanhattan, city, county, and State of New Yorlr, have invented an llmprovement in Apparel-Corsets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an apparel corset and more particularly to. that type of a Jparel-corset in which adjusting and body molding devices are placed in the lower bacl: portions of the halves of the corset garment in order to produce a flat back effect from the waistline downwardly to the lower portions of the buttocks. its will be ;eneral.ly recognized, particularly by stout women, there is a tendency in an of fort to produce straight front effects to hold the abdomen in, thereby producing a corresponding effect-of causing; the buttocks portion of the body to protrude. This, in turn, produces aso called hollow back or sway back, that is a pronounced hollow in the back betwt en the waistline and the but techs making both the hips and the buttocks unduly prominent. It is also generally recognized that the use of high heels now in vogue cause the body to be supported on the balls and toes of the feet which also has a tendency to cause the back to be thrown out of proportion and the but toclzs to protrude to a sufficient extent to also cause the so called hollow or sway back tendency. This also and incidentally causes the shoulder blades to be unduly prominent. The object of the present in vention is to reduce the hollow back effect by providing a garment which is can structed to bridge the same and also to inclose and mold and thereby retain and reduce the buttock portions of the body.

To accomplish this effect the back of the corset garment made in accordance with this invention is divided into substantially two parts forming an elbow or angle like arrangement cooperating to cause the parts of the garment to pull or act in different directions effecting a bridge over the hollow of the back to which reference has hereinbefore been made. The upper portion of this part of the garment which extends from the upper back portion. to the upper portion of the buttocks section is provided with stays preferably extending at an inclination backwardly from the upper portion to the buttocks line to effect a pull or lilpccification ofL-ettcrs Patent.

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tension toward the back lacing edges of the garment, while the lower part is made of an elastic fabric and is so constructed to form a continuation of the upper portion of the back of the garment and to lit closely and conform to the buttocks of the body to retain and mold and reduce the same, as hereinbefore intimated. The tension. applied to-the garment when in use causes a pull in the elastic fabric section toward the hip section of the garment, that is in the opposite direction to that in the upper portion to which reference has hereinbefore been made so that these portions of the garment at the back thereof coasting with one auother'produce bridge eilect to span the hollow of the back and thus create flat-back effect giving; a substantially straight smooth line at the back of the wearer. 4

in the drawing:

Figure l is a perspective view of the con set garment made in accordance with this invention.

2 is an enlarged plan of the lower portion of the back of one of the corset body halves.

Fig. 3 is a cross section on line 83, 2, and r Fig. 4r. a plan of the upper section of the corresponding corset body half the lower part of whichis shown in plan in Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing the corset garment as is customary is made in corresponding oppositely disposed halves indicated at 10 and 11. lhese corset body halves at the front are fitted with steels connected by the usual stues and sockets, and at the back, as also customary, each corset body half is provided with series of eyelets 153 to receive the laces 13 by which the garment is adjusted to position on the body of the wearer.

In the lower portions of the back of the garment in each corset body half there are elastic or yielding fabric inserts indicated at 14k and 15 respectively. Inasmuch, however, as these elastic fabric inserts are similar, but oppositely disposed in the parts of the garment only one of them will be hereinafter particularly described.

As shown in Fig. 2 the elastic fabric strap or insert is is constructed to taper upwardly as indicated at 16 from the back lacing edge of the garment and at the edge opposite the back lacingedge tapers downwardly as indicated at 17, while the lower edge 18 conforms to and comprises a continuation of the lower edge of the skirt of the garment. The remaining edge of the elastic fabric strap conforms to and comprises a continuation of the back lacing edge of the corset body half. The upwardly tapering edge 16 is appreciably above the lower edge 18 of the body of the garment so that the upper end of the elastic fabric strap overlies and is unattached to this lower edge of the body of the garment, while the downwardly tapering edge 17 is connected to the adjacent skirt portion by suitable lines of stitching.

In the back portion of each corset body half there are stay members indicated at 20 and 21 which extend downwardly from the upper edge of the garment and in a converging position, both being placed at an angle to the back lacing edge. In the sides of the garment also there are the usual stay members 22 and 23 which preferably converge downwardly from the upper edge of the garment, these latter stays being placed in pockets indicated at 24 and 25.

' The elastic strap members 14 and 15 can tend from the lower edge of the skirt of the garment sufficiently far to reach the upper portions of the buttocks of the wearer when in use and from the back edge suhiciently forward to entirely inclose the buttock portions of the body to place a tension on the same to confine and mold these portions of the body when the garment is in use, the tension being applied from the back lacing edges of the garment forwardly, and the function of the angularly placed downwardly converging stays 20 and 21 is to produce a pull or tension when the garment is adjusted to position in the opposite direction, that is toward the back lacing edges and as these oppositely disposed tensions coact with one another and extend over that portion of the garment which overlies those parts of the body between the waistline and the upper parts of the buttocks in which there may be a hollow effect, this hollow portion of the body is bridged to cause the garment to produce a straight back line in the body when the corset is properly fitted thereon,

as well as hereinbefore stated to conform to and retain and mold the buttock portions of the body.

I claim as my invention:

1. In an apparel corset and in each corset body half thereof, a yielding tension strap continuing at one edge, the back lacing edge of the garment, connected at its opposite edge to the adjacent portion of the garment and extending from the lower edge of the garment upwardly to the upper portions of the buttock section of the garment, and stay members placed in divor ing positions in the body of the garment with the lower ends thereof extending an appreciable distance below the upper edge of the yielding tension strap whereby the pressure exerted by the tension strap against the lower ends of the stays cause the latter to bridge a hollow at the back of the wearer and thereby produce a fiat back effect.

2. In an apparel corset and in each corset body half thereof with its depending skirt, an elastic tension strap at one edge continuing the back lacing edge of the garment, extending forwardly and at the opposite edge tapered downwardly and connected to the adjacent edge of the skirt section, while the lower edge forms a continuation of the lower skirt edge and the strap extends upwardly therefrom to the upper portion of the buttocks section at which the upper edge of the strap tapers upwardly and overlies the lower edge of the body section to which it is unsecured, and stay members extending in angular positions to the back lacing edge and tapering downwardly from the upper edge of the garment toward the lacing edge and below the upper edge of the said elastic strap to coact with the said elastic strap causing the said stay members to produce a bridge effect between the waistline and the upper portion of the buttocks of the wearer to effect a fiat back appearance in the use of the garment.

Signed by me this 31 day of January, 1921.

DANIEL KOIS. 

